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thumb in Tagalog

hinlalaki

/ˈθʌm/

thumb in Tagalog: hinlalaki. In English, thumb means the shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.

Tagalog words for thumb

digit
hinlalaki

English meaning of thumb

  1. noun The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
  2. noun The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.
  3. noun A thumbnail picture.
  4. noun A top hatch plate for covering an excavator bucket, used to keep material in the digger bucket after scooping it up, and not letting it spill out.

Full definition of thumb

thumb in a sentence

  • to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon
  • I thumbed through the book and decided not to bother reading it all.
  • So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown.

Synonyms of thumb

All synonyms of thumb

thumb in other languages

Questions about thumb in Tagalog

What is the meaning of thumb in Tagalog?
Thumb in Tagalog is hinlalaki.
Ano ang thumb sa Tagalog?
Thumb: hinlalaki.
What does thumb mean in English?
Thumb means the shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thumb (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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